| NOUN | artifact | drydock, dry dock, graving dock | a large dock from which water can be pumped out |
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| VERB | contact | drydock, dry-dock | maneuver (a ship) into a drydock |
| Meaning | A large dock from which water can be pumped out; used for building ships or for repairing a ship below its waterline. | |
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| Synonyms | dry dock, graving dock | |
| Part of | shipyard | A workplace where ships are built or repaired |
| Narrower | floating dock, floating dry dock | dry dock that can be submerged under a vessel and then raised |
| Broader | dock, dockage, docking facility | landing in a harbor next to a pier where ships are loaded and unloaded or repaired |
| Spanish | dique de carena, dique seco, varadero | |
| Catalan | dic sec | |
| Meaning | Maneuver (a ship) into a drydock. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonym | dry-dock | |
| Broader | dock | Maneuver into a dock |
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